frank smith is the founder and ceo of global journalist, security and a veteran press freedom advocate. he joins us from leesburg in virginia. frank, thanks so much for being with us on al jazeera. so, according to the committee to protect journalists, 2024 was the deadliest year for journalist since the organization began. documenting all of this in 1992, c. p. j's annual report says $124.00 journalists and media workers were killed across the world. in 2024, that is a staggering figure. just talk to us about how dangerous the landscape has become for journalists, and how much things have changed over the course of the past few decades. and we've never seen a conflict with so many journalists have been killed ever since. 1992, going back in c, b j's data base and going back even to 1981 when the organization was found that and if you go back in time to prior conflicts, there's no, there's no depth. so even in world war 2, world war one that we know of reach is this level. so this is extraordinary. and the fact that 70 percent of them had been killed by israeli forces in the, in gaza o

charles: one of frank capra's best movies, mr. smith goes to washington.o the u.s. senate mainly because those in power said this guy's naive, we can manipulate him easily. eventually, he turns the table on them. the movie caused quite a stir. it was released in1939. but even the most crooked officials would be amazed at how politicians in d.c. have learned how to profit and if line their pockets. it's an art that they've perfected. fraud, waste and abuse continues to mount with the largest tranche in the treasury department, of all places. improper payments, by the way, last year you may have read, every year they're huge, last year $230 billion in 2023. and the american public is lucky as we have our own version of jefferson spit -- smith, but he's not so naive and is asking all the right questions. >> we do find it sort of, rather odd that, you know, there are quite a few people in the bureaucracy who have ostensibly a salary of a few hundred thousand dollars but somehow manage to accrue tens of billions of dollars in net if worthwhile they are in that

objecting even over on fox, sean hannity brought on his friend stephen a smith to discuss current events and viewers. listeners heard this frankl. >> i'm simply saying, my god, sean, when you're talking about people who are unqualified, i wish him nothing but the best. he served our country, you know, in the military. i get all of that. but when you are weekend host on fox news and now you're the defense secretary of the united. states overseeing 3.5 million people. >> let. >> me ask. >> you. >> did. >> you serve? >> no, it's not that whole objection, which, remember, is one of the key planks of this supposed war on die, which now is being waged in the federal government and against companies and affecting your life and your workplace. that objection now has canceled itself in public. trump shredding the supposed concern about merit and all of those enablers i mentioned and showed who came, claimed they cared about that. most of them, as far as we can tell from our research in this segment, this special report, most of them have gone silent. we're not hearing them say, hey, i know i said merit or qualifications for two years a

objecting even over on fox, sean hannity brought on his friend stephen a smith to discuss current events and viewers. listeners heard this frank of the obvious qualification fail. >> i'm simply. >> saying, my. >> god, sean, when you're. >> talking about people. >> who are unqualified, i wish him nothing. >> but. >> the best. >> he served our. >> country, you know, in the military. >> i get all of that. >> but when you are. weekend host on fox news and now you're the defense secretary of the. >> united states. >> overseeing 3.5. >> million. >> people. >> let me. >> ask you, does not. >> serve. >> no, it's not that whole objection, which, remember, is one of the key planks of this supposed war on die, which now is being waged in the federal government and against companies and affecting your life and your workplace. that objection now has canceled itself in public. trump shredding the supposed concern about merit and all of those enablers i mentioned and showed who came, claim they cared about that. most of them, as far as we can tell from our research in this segment, this special report, most of them have gone silent. we're no

let's bring in mark smith, senior vp and portfolio manager at wells fargo advisors. mark good morning. always good to see you. >> hey frank>> thanks again for having me on the early risers club. >> always good to have you. mark what's your word of the day. how do you see today shaping up. >> over concentration. when i talk to my. >> clients. >> i see that. >> a lot. >> of them are over concentrated in. >> a number. >> of sectors. tech. >> being probably the biggest of. >> everyone, looks at. >> their. portfolio that's watching. >> now. they'll see. that tech is kind of. >> propelled their portfolio, and. >> it's obviously. >> done great over the last. >> two years. >> but if you get over. >> concentrated. >> you could you could. >> possibly give up a lot of your returns that you've had over the last. >> couple of years. >> so that's my word of the day. >> all right. you got a couple of contrarian opinions right now. i want to get to one of your first ones i think is just a bit moving differently in the rest of the market is what's your pick for today and why? >> well, i like energy. >> i like momentum. energy is up 6.4% y